Privacy Policy The Alternative Investment Association Inc.
The Alternative Investment Association INC. is committed to safeguarding the personal information you provide us when using this website. Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle and protect the personal information we collect about individuals who use our website or services.
USE OF INFORMATION
The Alternative Investment Association INC. uses the Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Data for a certain reason, we may use the Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Data to obtain access to our services, we will use your Data to provide you with access to such services and monitor your use of such services. We also may obtain information about you from third-party sources to verify your identity so we can properly process your requests and prevent fraud.
The Alternative Investment Association INC. will use your Data (1) for marketing our products and services to you, (2) to provide services and products requested by you, (3) to enable our vendors and contractors to provide and assist us in the marketing, operation, troubleshooting, and analysis of our website and other services, (4) to meet any regulatory requirements for the offer or sale of securities required by law, rules or regulations to our affiliates or members, (5) to engage in any other lawful activities we believe are consistent with the foregoing, and (6) to protect against legal liability. We may provide any of these services through third parties, which necessitates sharing your Data with them.
The Alternative Investment Association INC. and its affiliates (the “Affiliated Companies”) may also use your Data collected through the Site to help us improve the content and functionality of the Site, to understand our users better, and to improve our services. The Alternative Investment Association INC. and its Affiliated Companies may use this information to communicate with you regarding our services or to tell you about services we believe will interest you. If at any time you wish not to receive any future marketing communications, or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below. Note, however, that as a user of our service, we will send you administrative communications that are reasonably necessary. If The Alternative Investment Association INC. or its Affiliated Companies intend on using any Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Data is collected.
OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
Business Transfers: We might sell or buy businesses or assets as we develop our business. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, or similar event, your Data may be part of the transferred assets. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information and any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
If you subscribe to one of The Alternative Investment Association Inc.’s Services, we may share your contact information with other companies whose products and services may interest you. While many of our subscribers appreciate receiving offerings from these companies, if you prefer that we do not share your information for this purpose, you may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or advertising emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the emails. If you subscribe solely to an Online Service, we will not sell, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties for such parties’ own marketing purposes unless you choose in advance to have your Personal Information shared for this purpose.
Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our Affiliated Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Investor registration and lending applications will require you to provide basic personal data. Such information typically includes your name, email address, home address, phone number, date of birth, social security number and/or tax identification number, employer, and job title. The Alternative Investment Association INC. uses this data to (i) enable you to log in to the Site; (ii) establish your ability to view offering materials and to make investments through the Site (for U.S. residents, such ability is restricted to “accredited investors” with a certain level of annual income or net worth); (iii) determine your credibility to partake in lending opportunities; (iv) verify that you are at least 18 years of age; (v) guard against potential fraud; (vi) contact you if there is a problem with your account; and (vii) maintain regular communications with you as may be necessary to inform you of upcoming investment opportunities and other company updates, including SMS communications to users who have opted-in to The Alternative Investment Association SMS Communications program.
When you register as a member and opt-in to The Alternative Investment Association SMS Communications program, you consent to receive text messages sent by an automatic telephone dialing system and acknowledge that data usage charges may apply by your cell phone company. You may receive text messages regarding system notifications, investment opportunity updates, and special offers and promotions, and you can manage your opt-in status by emailing memeberservices@altinvestassociation.org.
Agents, Consultants, and Related Third Parties: Like many businesses, the Alternative Investment Association INC. sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related services. Examples of these services from such third parties, companies, or individuals may include ID verification, accreditation/financial/credit verification, electronic document signing, payment storing and processing, sending postal mail and e-mail, escrow services, disbursement of funds, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. As such, these third parties, companies, or individuals may have access to your Data. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Legal and Regulatory Requirements: The Alternative Investment Association INC. may disclose your Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of The Alternative Investment Association INC. (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public against fraud or other harm, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
YOUR CHOICES
If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, amend, delete, or request deletion by making the change in your registered account settings page, by emailing our Customer Support at memeberservices@altinvestassociation.org or by contacting us at the contact information listed on the website.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
When you sign up for our services, we may send periodic emails to you regarding our services or to tell you about services we believe will interest you. If you prefer not to receive such marketing or promotional e-mails from us, you may unsubscribe completely by emailing us at memeberservices@altinvestassociation.org. Please note that process opt-out requests may take up to two (2) weeks. Please also note that at times, we may need to send you e-mail communications that are transactional in nature, such as service or termination announcements or payment confirmations, which are communications you will not be able to opt out of.
The Alternative Investment Association INC. may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of our assets or equity to a third party. Your personally identifiable information and other information we obtain from you via the Website or the Application may be disclosed to any potential or actual third-party purchasers of such assets or equity and may be among the assets transferred. Said third party may alter, update, or change this Privacy Policy.
EXCLUSIONS
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Data collected by The Alternative Investment Association INC. other than Data collected through the website. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to The Alternative Investment Association INC. through this website or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the website, any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and The Alternative Investment Association INC. shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, distribute, and exploit such Unsolicited Information without limitation or attribution.
SECURITY
We use reasonable efforts to secure access to Personally Identifiable Information in our possession but will not be liable for any failure to safeguard such information, whether inadvertent or otherwise. Personally Identifiable Information is also stored with third parties who have informed us that they also use reasonable efforts to secure access to Personally Identifiable Information, but we will not be liable for the failure of any third party to safeguard Personally Identifiable Information, whether inadvertent or otherwise.
We protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the information you input. Wherever appropriate, we obfuscate and/or encrypt information in our systems and/or during information transfer; however, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to log off when finished using a shared computer.
SITE AND CONTENT NOT WARRANTED
THE SITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. YOU BEAR ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE AND CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SITE. The Alternative Investment Association INC AND ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, PARTNERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUPPLIERS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, AND WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING/PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE.
THIRD-PARTY LINKED SITES
As a convenience to you, The Alternative Investment Association INC may provide hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties. When you select these hyperlinks, you will leave the Alternative Investment Association INC site. Because The Alternative Investment Association INC has no control over such sites or their content, The Alternative Investment Association INC is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or their content. The Alternative Investment Association INC does not adopt, endorse, or nor is responsible or liable for any such sites or content, including advertising, products or other materials, on or available through such sites or resources. Other websites may provide links to the Site or Content with or without our authorization. The Alternative Investment Association INC does not endorse such sites and shall not be responsible or liable for any links from those sites to the Site or Content or for any content, advertising, products, or other materials available on or through such other sites or any loss or damages incurred in connection therewith. In its sole discretion, the Alternative Investment Association INC may block links to the Site and Content without prior notice.
The website or Application may contain links to other websites or applications owned and operated by third parties not affiliated with us. When you use those links, you leave the Website or Application (as applicable) and we are unable to control how the owners of the websites or applications you link to handle any information they gather about you, including their privacy practices and use of cookies. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website and Application and does not govern activities on linked websites or applications. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any other website or application you visit, download, or access to understand its practices on collecting, using, and disclosing your information.
YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND CONTENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH WEBSITES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THEIR TERMS OF USE.
USE OF COOKIES
The Alternative Investment Association INC’s website utilizes different technologies to collect, store, and aggregate data about website usage. We may use electronic tags called “cookies” to help us understand and analyze use of our site. This work is either performed directly by us or by a third party we’ve hired to assist us. We collect information about which pages have been accessed and for how long, the country the user accesses the site from, and certain technical information regarding the user’s computer and operating systems, such as user Internet protocol address, domain name, and browser, etc.
Certain sections of The Alternative Investment Association Inc.’s site require cookies to be enabled to enhance site performance. For example, cookies provide a secure way for us to verify user identity during a session and any return visits; they enable us to personalize a user’s experience on our sites and help enhance site navigation. Cookies also help us to understand how people use our sites so we can improve site functionality.
When a user comes to the website, our server sends a cookie to the user’s computer. Standing alone, cookies do not identify the user personally; they merely recognize the user’s browser. Generally, personally identifiable information is obtained by us only when a user decides to provide it, such as requesting additional information via email or personal information.
We use two types of cookies on our sites: temporary and persistent. Temporary cookies are used to store information during a browser session and will expire shortly after concluding a visit to one of our sites. Persistent cookies are used to store information between visits to one of our sites and are stored permanently or for a specified length of time. Persistent cookies are used to facilitate easier navigation within our sites and provide a higher level of convenience for the user.
Users can choose to have their computer issue a warning each time a cookie is being sent, or they can choose to turn off all cookies. The management of cookies generally is handled through the user’s browser settings (e.g., Internet Explorer). To obtain more information about managing cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
Our website may include social media features such as the Facebook “Like” button, Twitter, and other “Share this” buttons. These features are interactive mini-programs and may collect your IP address, which page you visit on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. The company's privacy policy governs your interactions with these features.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are a California resident under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), you have additional rights regarding your personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
You have the right to know the categories of personal information we collect and the purpose for which we use it, including
- The categories of personal information we collected;
- The sources from which personal information was collected;
- The commercial purpose for collecting personal information (in accordance with the services offered through the website or the Application);
- The categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information and
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
You have the right to request and obtain access to personal information about you that we have collected, used or disclosed over the past 12 months, including those categories above. Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you over the last 12 months. If you request that we delete your information, there are some exceptions pursuant to which we are not permitted to delete your personal information.
You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your consumer privacy rights under the CCPA.
The CCPA allows California residents to ask companies not to sell their personal information to third parties.
If you are a California resident and would like to exercise your CCPA rights, please get in touch with us by either of the following methods:
The Alternative Investment Association Inc.
Attn: Member Services
5404 Cypress Center Dr
Suite #320
Tampa, FL 33609
The Alternative Investment Association Inc. will respond to a California consumer privacy request for access or deletion within 45 days of receiving and verifying the request. We may extend this time period by up to an additional 45 days If reasonably necessary and with prior notice to you.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE:
In our sole discretion, we reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Policy at any time. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to the website and sending a notification to all registered users via email regarding such updates. You should review this notice regularly for changes and can determine if changes have been made by checking the Effective Date below. Your continued use of our website after posting any changes to this notice means you accept such changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
September 8, 2023